Climb until it doesn't hurt anymore

I've had a rough week at work. To be perfectly honest my boss is a bitch. She savages you with words and makes you feel worthless. Any people who object to this treatment get hounded out of their jobs. She's manipulative and scheming. One minute she is sweetness and light, the next she is a rabid rotweiler.

This week I managed to get savaged by her and I have been fighting the emotional pain for three days now. It is horrible to be bullied like this. I have cried (Monday and Tuesday) and eaten lots of junk food (Tuesday) and finally I went climbing.

When there is just me and the rock it is possible to lose yourself. There is you and the 3D jigsaw, and your muscles are the only thing between you and success. I climbed until I hurt, then I climbed some more. I finally went home when my legs had turned to jelly and I couldn't physically get up the wall safely any more.

I lay in bed last night and my arms ached. They still do today. I felt good last night though, afterwards. I had worked off some of the sadness. Unfortunately it has come back again today, and I have no-one to climb with tonight. Oh, and I'm absolutely knackered, that too!